The best System for organizing your photos
With gratitude to Gareth Eckley of
Portraits in Stone (
http://www.portraitsinstone.com )
We hope to have an article about a very special cameo soon.
The images of your jewelry have to be organized so you can
quickly access the exact image you want. After a few years you can
easily end up with thousands of photographs.
Set up four folders, name them, Master Raw, Edited Masters, Print
images, Web images, and organize each by date created. This way you
will always have your newest images in view first.
Here are the 6 versions of each image. Save each to the proper
folder.
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Master file – Unaltered Raw image from the camera or
scanner. – Back up a copy to disc.
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Edited Master – corrected in Photoshop or it’s
equivalent saved as a 600dpi Psd or tiff file. – Back up a copy
to disc.
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Magazine Print file – Large, optimized for print in
CMYK format if possible, saved as a 600 dpi tiff file.
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Home Print file – Medium size, optimized for print in
CMYK format if possible, saved as a 200 dpi tiff or Psd file.
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Web - Large size – 300 - 400 pixels tall, 72 dpi in
RGB jpeg format.
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Web – Thumbnails- 70 – 150 pixels tall, 72 dpi in RGB
jpeg format.
Notes on editing.
There are different needs for your image based on intended
usage.
Print –
Do not crop the image too closely as magazine editors
are looking for well composed photos that will look good in
print.
Web – Large images
Crop more closely to the subject as we are looking to
keep the file size of the image lower to enable fast
downloads. Keep to the same height for each image for a
consistent look and feel.
Web – Thumbnails
Create drama, by very close crop or selecting a detail
area from the original. Small in size and keep all of your
thumbnails at the same height to create a consistent look
and feel on your site.
Make your smaller images for the web by copying from your
Edited Master files. Never resize from an existing jpeg file
as the picture quality will deteriorate.
Gareth Eckley © 2007
Used with permission of the author
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